Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) taught a three-week course and gave a school-wide lecture, 'Why is it so hard to speak about Islam?' at the NYI-St. Petersburg institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture, in Russia in July.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) taught a three-week course and gave a school-wide lecture, 'Why is it so hard to speak about Islam?' at the NYI-St. Petersburg institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture, in Russia in July.

Asma Barlas, professor and director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave a keynote and a three-day class at the summer school on 'Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies,' in Granada, Spain, during the week of June 9th.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave a keynote and a three-day class at the summer school on 'Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies,' in Granada, Spain, during the week of June 9th.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) was invited to deliver a keynote on International Women's Day in Drammen, Norway, by the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) (www.imdi.no/en/sprak/english/). IMDi's work focuses on immigrant communities and the keynote was about violence against Muslim women.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) was invited to deliver a keynote on International Women's Day in Drammen, Norway, by the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) (www.imdi.no/en/sprak/english/). IMDi's work focuses on immigrant communities and the keynote was about violence against Muslim women.

It is one of the greatest conundrums in the world that people who have been subjected to much oppression in history should themselves become powerful and oppressive at a different historical moment. The American Studies Association’s recent vote to boycott Israeli institutions...

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It is one of the greatest conundrums in the world that people who have been subjected to much oppression in history should themselves become powerful and oppressive at a different historical moment. The American Studies Association’s recent vote to boycott Israeli institutions...

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) gave a keynote, "Challenging violence against women from an Islamic perspective," at the invitation of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women in Toronto, Canada, on October 6. She has also written the foreword to the CCMW's report, Violence Against Women – Health and Justice for Canadian Muslim Women, by the noted feminist lawyer, Pamela Cross.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) gave a keynote, "Challenging violence against women from an Islamic perspective," at the invitation of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women in Toronto, Canada, on October 6. She has also written the foreword to the CCMW's report, Violence Against Women – Health and Justice for Canadian Muslim Women, by the noted feminist lawyer, Pamela Cross.

]]>Claire SwensenMon, 07 Oct 2013 14:56:00 GMTIthaca College in the Mediahttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20131007105653736http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20131007105653736Quoted in the Media: Faculty members Asma Barlas, Rebecca Plante and Betsy Keller; staff members Colleen Clark, Eric Maguire, Molly Israel and Bonny Griffith; and students Timothy Berry and Dominick Recckio.For more information on the following articles, please visit the IC in the Media Page.

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At the invitation of the NY-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (NYI-XI), Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) taught a three-week seminar on "Islam and the West" at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, in July-August. NYI is offered annually through the State University of New York, Stony Brook (www.nyi.spb.ru).

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At the invitation of the NY-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (NYI-XI), Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) taught a three-week seminar on "Islam and the West" at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, in July-August. NYI is offered annually through the State University of New York, Stony Brook (www.nyi.spb.ru).

]]>Claire SwensenWed, 19 Jun 2013 12:19:00 GMTAsma Barlas presented at the Critical Muslim Studies summer school in Spainhttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20130619081903405http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20130619081903405Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave two invited presentations and participated in a round table at the Critical Muslim Studies summer school in Granada, Spain, in mid-June. ]]>Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave two invited presentations and participated in a round table at the Critical Muslim Studies summer school in Granada, Spain, in mid-June. ]]>Kelly SternFri, 26 Apr 2013 13:27:44 GMTCSCRE's Asma Barlas Publishes Chapterhttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20130426092048372http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20130426092048372

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, has published a chapter, “Does the Qur’an Support Gender Equality?" in Negotiating Autonomy and Authority in Muslim Contexts. The editors of the volume are M. Buitelaar and M. Bernards and it has been published by Peeters, in the Netherlands.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, has published a chapter, “Does the Qur’an Support Gender Equality?" in Negotiating Autonomy and Authority in Muslim Contexts. The editors of the volume are M. Buitelaar and M. Bernards and it has been published by Peeters, in the Netherlands.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave invited presentations on the Qur'an and Muslim women's rights/status at SUNY at Oneonta, Cornell University, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges in March and April.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave invited presentations on the Qur'an and Muslim women's rights/status at SUNY at Oneonta, Cornell University, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges in March and April.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, has published a paper, "Uncrossed Bridges: Islam, feminism and secular democracy," in the journal, Philosophy and Social Criticism.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, has published a paper, "Uncrossed Bridges: Islam, feminism and secular democracy," in the journal, Philosophy and Social Criticism.

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, was invited to give the third annual Piediscalzi Lecture at Wright State University in Ohio on April 3. She spoke about the Qur'an, Shariah, and the rights of Muslim women.

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, was invited to give the third annual Piediscalzi Lecture at Wright State University in Ohio on April 3. She spoke about the Qur'an, Shariah, and the rights of Muslim women.

Your commentary, “Policy won’t hinder media access,” published in The Ithacan on October 11th, explains your decision for instituting the Student Media Access Policy, but it does not cover any new...

]]>IthacanThu, 11 Oct 2012 05:07:00 GMTFree Access to Interview Sources Important for Student Journalistshttp://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/free-access-for-student-journalists-33309/http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/free-access-for-student-journalists-33309/Letter to the editor, the Ithacan

During my twenty years at Ithaca College, I have been approached by numerous Ithacan staff for interviews and, never once, for the wrong reasons. I haven't always been happy with how someone has reported something I said but I know that being able to identify the right people for an interview, track them down, and have free access to...

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During my twenty years at Ithaca College, I have been approached by numerous Ithacan staff for interviews and, never once, for the wrong reasons. I haven't always been happy with how someone has reported something I said but I know that being able to identify the right people for an interview, track them down, and have free access to...

As we see it, this policy has implications beyond the merely procedural. It bureaucratizes and centralizes a process that should remain free and open...

]]>IthacanSun, 08 Jul 2012 15:41:00 GMTCrusaders and Pacifists-- Radio National, Australiahttp://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/crusaders-and-pacifists-32032/http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/crusaders-and-pacifists-32032/Pakistani American scholar Asma Barlas defends her criticism of 'the West' as suffering from a latent Crusader consciousness. She has published on this topic, including Islam, Muslims and the US: Essays on Religion and Politics (2004). But Barlas is also a critic of contemporary Muslim civilisation which she sees in the grip of a patriarchal culture.

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]]>Rachael Kohn: The Spirit of ThingsTue, 26 Jun 2012 14:34:00 GMTAsma Barlas gave two invited presentations in Melbourne, Australiahttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/2012062610343817http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/2012062610343817Asma Barlas, professor and director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity gave two invited presentations in Melbourne, Australia.

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]]>Lynda WaltersThu, 21 Jun 2012 15:53:00 GMTIthaca College in the Mediahttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20120621115307765http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20120621115307765Quoted in the media: Asma Barlas and John Fracchia. For more information on the following articles, please visit the IC in the Media page at the Office of Media Relations:

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave an invited keynote on "Islam, Feminism, and Secular Democracy: Uncrossed Bridges,"at the Istanbul Seminars on May 21st. The Seminars are organized yearly in Turkey by the Italian organization Reset Doc and Bilgi University, and this year's theme was "The Promises of Democracy."

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave an invited keynote on "Islam, Feminism, and Secular Democracy: Uncrossed Bridges,"at the Istanbul Seminars on May 21st. The Seminars are organized yearly in Turkey by the Italian organization Reset Doc and Bilgi University, and this year's theme was "The Promises of Democracy."

]]>Claire SwensenTue, 20 Mar 2012 14:39:00 GMTCenter for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Professor and Director Asma Barlas gives Lecture at Wellesley Collegehttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/2012032010395643http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/2012032010395643Asma Barlas, professor and director for the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave an invited lecture at Wellesley College on her work on Qur'anic hermeneutics on March 14th. Her visit was sponsored by several departments and the Muslim student organization, Al-Muslimat.]]>Asma Barlas, professor and director for the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave an invited lecture at Wellesley College on her work on Qur'anic hermeneutics on March 14th. Her visit was sponsored by several departments and the Muslim student organization, Al-Muslimat.]]>Eileen PatockaWed, 02 Nov 2011 10:28:00 GMTSecret committee meetings could undermine openness, ITHACANhttp://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/secret-committee-meetings-could-undermine-openness-21540/http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/secret-committee-meetings-could-undermine-openness-21540/

]]>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:09:00 GMTAsma Barlas participates in discussions on Muslim culturehttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20111017085759787http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20111017085759787 Asma Barlas, director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, was invited to moderate a discussion on "A Balloon for Allah," a documentary by Nefise Ozkal Lorentzen, screened in the "UNSPOKEN" Film Festival in Utica, NY, on October 14th. The documentary features interviews with Gamal al-Banna, Nawal el-Sadawi, and Barlas, among others, and has garnerd its Turkish-Norwegian film-maker several awards.

Barlas also took part in a panel discussion on "Culture Under Siege in Pakistan", moderated by Fergus Nicoll, host of BBC's "The World Today." The discussion, which took place on October 10th in Syracuse, was part of the "Caravanserai" project that is housed this year at SUNY, Oswego.]]> Asma Barlas, director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, was invited to moderate a discussion on "A Balloon for Allah," a documentary by Nefise Ozkal Lorentzen, screened in the "UNSPOKEN" Film Festival in Utica, NY, on October 14th. The documentary features interviews with Gamal al-Banna, Nawal el-Sadawi, and Barlas, among others, and has garnerd its Turkish-Norwegian film-maker several awards.

Barlas also took part in a panel discussion on "Culture Under Siege in Pakistan", moderated by Fergus Nicoll, host of BBC's "The World Today." The discussion, which took place on October 10th in Syracuse, was part of the "Caravanserai" project that is housed this year at SUNY, Oswego.]]>Claire SwensenThu, 06 Oct 2011 20:09:00 GMTAsma Barlas gives Keynote at Hope Collegehttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20111006161123909http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20111006161123909

Asma Barlas, professor and director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave one of two keynotes at Hope College's Critical Issues Symposium on "Exploring Islam" this year. In addition, she conducted a focus session on "Reading Scripture." Both events took place on October 5th, in Holland, Michigan. http://www.hope.edu/cis/

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Asma Barlas, professor and director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave one of two keynotes at Hope College's Critical Issues Symposium on "Exploring Islam" this year. In addition, she conducted a focus session on "Reading Scripture." Both events took place on October 5th, in Holland, Michigan. http://www.hope.edu/cis/

Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, published two papers recently: “September 11, 2001: Remember Forgetting,” in the Journal of Political Theology (Vol. 12, No. 5, October 2011) and “Abraham’s Sacrifice in the Qur’an: Beyond the Body,” in Religion and the Body, Donner Institute for Research in the History of Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland (June, 2011).

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Asma Barlas, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, published two papers recently: “September 11, 2001: Remember Forgetting,” in the Journal of Political Theology (Vol. 12, No. 5, October 2011) and “Abraham’s Sacrifice in the Qur’an: Beyond the Body,” in Religion and the Body, Donner Institute for Research in the History of Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland (June, 2011).

]]>Asma BarlasFri, 18 Feb 2011 18:48:00 GMTIthaca College in the Mediahttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20110218144802397http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20110218144802397Quoted in the media: faculty members Scott Hamula, Asma Barlas, and Stephen Mosher. For more information on the following articles, please visit the IC in the Media page at the Office of Media Relations:

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...]]>Asma BarlasWed, 09 Feb 2011 13:10:00 GMTEgypt’s Days of Ragehttp://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/egypts-days-of-rage-18283/http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/egypts-days-of-rage-18283/Published, with changes, by the ITHACAN, http://theithacan.org/9271

At the time of writing, Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak is still clinging to power in the face of a popular uprising but with the support of his ally, the U.S. government. However, whatever the outcome of this standoff, the revolt of the Egyptian people has...

At the time of writing, Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak is still clinging to power in the face of a popular uprising but with the support of his ally, the U.S. government. However, whatever the outcome of this standoff, the revolt of the Egyptian people has...

]]>Asma BarlasMon, 31 Jan 2011 13:17:00 GMT100 Historians and Academics Ask Obama to Drop Mubarak and Side With the Peoplehttp://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/open-letter-to-president-obama-18157/http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/news/open-letter-to-president-obama-18157/http://www.accuracy.org/an-open-letter-to-president-barack-obama/

Dear President Obama:

As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond rhetoric to support the democratic movement sweeping over Egypt. As citizens, we expect our ...

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Dear President Obama:

As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond rhetoric to support the democratic movement sweeping over Egypt. As citizens, we expect our ...

ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) will continue its 10th anniversary celebration on Monday, Nov. 8, with a presentation on “Who We Are and Why We Do What We Do.” Scheduled for 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall, the program is free and open to the public.

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ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) will continue its 10th anniversary celebration on Monday, Nov. 8, with a presentation on “Who We Are and Why We Do What We Do.” Scheduled for 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall, the program is free and open to the public.

]]>Cesar Baldi, translatorTue, 03 Nov 2009 17:52:00 GMTAsma Barlas Gives Lecture and Teaches Master Class for Ph.D. Students at University of Utrechthttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20091103102408416http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20091103102408416Posted on behalf of Dean Tanya Saunders, Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

Asma Barlas, professor of politics and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, recently spent a week at the University of Utrecht as a visiting scholar (October 24-November 1). The invitation came from the Netherlands Research School for Theology and Religious Studies (NOSTER), Faculty of Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies and Gender Studies) and several women's groups, including Al-Nisa, the Dutch Muslim women’s organization, and the Oecumenical Women's Synod.]]>Posted on behalf of Dean Tanya Saunders, Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

Asma Barlas, professor of politics and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, recently spent a week at the University of Utrecht as a visiting scholar (October 24-November 1). The invitation came from the Netherlands Research School for Theology and Religious Studies (NOSTER), Faculty of Humanities (Theology and Religious Studies and Gender Studies) and several women's groups, including Al-Nisa, the Dutch Muslim women’s organization, and the Oecumenical Women's Synod.]]>Kelly J. RaffertyMon, 14 Sep 2009 20:41:00 GMTAsma Barlas Gives Presentation at the &#34;Re-imagining the Shari'a: Theory, Practice, and Muslim Pluralism&#34; Conferencehttp://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20090914164159406http://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20090914164159406Asma Barlas, professor of Politics and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave a presentation at the first plenary session of the conference on "Re-imagining the Shari'a: Theory, Practice, and Muslim Pluralism," in Venice, Italy, on September 14th. The title of her paper was "The Qur'an, Shari'a, and Women's Rights."]]>Asma Barlas, professor of Politics and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave a presentation at the first plenary session of the conference on "Re-imagining the Shari'a: Theory, Practice, and Muslim Pluralism," in Venice, Italy, on September 14th. The title of her paper was "The Qur'an, Shari'a, and Women's Rights."]]>Kelly J. Rafferty